Shoveling-board.



V A. B. & A. CLIPPINGER. SHOVELING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19,1909. 7 961,418%, Patented June 14,1910.

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AMOS B. CLIPPINGER AND MAURICE A. CLIPPINGER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SHOVELING-IBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AMOS B. CLIPPINGER and MAURICE A. GLIPPINGER, both citizens of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoveling-Boards; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to shoveling boards and has for its object to provide a device of that class which may be easily and quickly attached to or removed from an ordinary wagon box and which, when in use as an end gate, will prevent the loss of small grain carried loosely in the wagon box.

A further object of our invention is to provide a shoveling board having means for protecting the end of the Wagon bed while the box is being emptied.

Further objects of our invention will be disclosed in the following description in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification.

In the drawings,-Figure I is an end view of a shoveling board constructed according to our invention, the board being applied to an ordinary wagon box and shown in its closed position. Fig. II is a side view of same. Fig. III is a plan view of same. Fig. IV is a section on the line IV-IV, Fig. I. Fig. V is a section on the line V--V, Fig. IV. Fig. VI is a plan view of a portion of the wagon box and stationary portion of the shoveling board.

Referring more in detail to the parts l designates the bed and 2 the side boards of an ordinary wagon box. Fixed on the inner faces of the side boards 2, at the rear end of the box, are the battens 3 which form a vertical groove 4 within which the wagon end gate may be retained in the usual manner.

The supporting member of our shoveling board comprises stiles 5 which are adapted to bear against the rear battens 3 and have flanges 6 adapted to project into the batten grooves 4 to retain the stationary parts in position when applied to the wagon. Connecting the lower ends of the said stiles 5 is 'the front face of a an angle-bar 7-8 comprising a metal strip 7 which is adapted to seat on the wagon bed and has a flange 8 which depends over the end of the bed and in contact with the underneath cross brace 9, which is secured to the under side of the wagon bed 1. Strip 7 has upturned ends 7 which are secured to the stiles 5, as shown in Fig. IV. Fixed to the rear face of the flange 8, is a cross piece 10, the ends of which project laterally beyond the sides of the wagon box and form keeper studs 11 for a purpose presently described. The upper ends of the stiles 5 project above the box sides and revolubly mounted in the upper ends of said stiles are the keepers 12 having bent ends 13 which are adapted to turn downwardly over the side boards2 to prevent the stiles from collapsing inwardly.

The movable portion of the device comprises a board 14 which is adapted to seat on the cross piece 10 of the stationary member and has metal side pieces 15 secured thereto, adapted to fit snugly against and overlap the wagon side device is in closed position. Rigidly fixed to the side pieces 15 are the plates 16, each of which has a keeper 17 adapted to fit against keeper stud 11 when the device is closed. Near each side edge and above the center of the board 14 are apertures 18. Fixed to the stiles 5 and projecting through the apertures 18, when the device is closed, are the brackets 19. Pivotally mounted on the outer end of each bracket 19 is an arm 20, the end of which is provided with a hook 21 for engaging the board 14 at the edge of the aperture 18, when the board is let down to shoveling position, so that the board may be supported by said arms, as indicated in Fig. II. Fixed to the board 14, near its lower edge, are the spring holding members 22 within which the arms 20 may be held when the board is closed.

To attach the shoveling board to a wagon box, the stationary stiles 5 are fitted against the side boards and the metal strip 7 over the end of the wagon bed, the keepers 12 are then turned over the side boards to hold the upper ends of the stiles 5 in place. The lower edge of the board 14: is then seated on the cross piece 10 with the keepers 17 in front of the keeper studs 11. The arms 20 are then projected through the apertures 18 and the board moved to its upright position and the arms 20 fitted into the spring boards 2 when the y holding members 22 to hold the board in its closed position. With the board attached as described, it answers the purpose of an ordinary end gate.

When it is desired to empty the wagon box, the arms 20 are removed from their spring holders and the board dropped downwardly until the arm hooks 21 catch against the board at the edge of the apertures 18 and support the board in the inclined position, indicated in Fig. II. lVith the board sup ported in this position, an inclined surface is provided for shoveling and the metal plate 7 protects the end of the wagon bed from injury by the shovel blade.

Having thus-described our invention, what we claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is 1. In combination with a wagon body having grooves for the reception of an ordinary end gate; vertical stiles seated in said grooves, and an angle-bar having its ends secured to the lower parts of said stiles and lyingupon the rearmost upper surface of the wagon bed, said angle bar having its vertical flange contacting the rear end of the wagon bed, and a crosspiece secured to the depending flange of said angle bar and projecting at both ends beyond the sides of the wagon body.

2. In combination with a wagon body having grooves for the reception of an ordinary end gate; vertical stiles seated in said grooves, and an angle-bar having its ends secured to the lower parts of said stiles and lying upon the rearmost upper surface of the wagon bed, said angle bar having its vertical flange contacting the rear end of the wagon bed, a cross piece secured to the dependlng flange of said angle bar and projecting at both ends beyond the sides of the wagon body, a movable end board adapted to rest uprightly upon said crosspiece, side pieces secured to said board and adapted to overlap the sides of the wagon body, and downward projections on said side pieces, adapted to set in front of the ends of said crosspiece.

In testimony whereof we afliX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

AMOS B. GLIPPINGER. MAURICE A. OLIPPINGER.

Witnesses: MYRTLE M. JACKSON, E. A. OAHILL. 

